Introducing George Soros. Who? Who is this George Soros you talk about? Go and take a look at his web site. It is the 3 W's, the combination of his first and last name plus the traditional extension of dot com. I have to describe the website this way as my blogger editor will not display the URL or will link to this site. I haven't used blogger in awhile so I'm sure its something I have done or attempted to violate in some way. Plus my HTML is a little rusty too.
An interesting fellow for sure. Why does this teach-in class have an article on him?
Because.
Because he is the left like the Koch's are the far right.
Because Soros represents money just like the Koch's do.
Because Soros represents Organizational Strength while the Koch's represent Individual Strength.
Because Soros has always fought Communism while the Koch's say they are Anti-Communism.
Because Soros can influence through one of his foundation, Open Society, just like the Koch's can influence through one of their organizations, Americans for Prosperity.
Because Soros is the opponent of the Koch's, when he is asked to be.
AND because Soros supports MoveOn.org, the power behind this teach-in by awarding $2.5 million for MoveOn.org to sustain its efforts.
Did Soros start MoveOn.org? I don't believe so. That honor goes to two Silicon Valley people, Joan Blades and Wes Boyd. I have not visited with Joan and Wes. Perhaps I can speak with them before the teach-in begins on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. For now I will go with the Internet research I have done. From its statement of operation there was one non-profit organization created, I believe it was a 501(c)3. Today, the organization has been split in to two, a Political Action Committee commonly known as a PAC and the other being a Civic Action Committee.
I believe both non-profits have a tax status of 501(c)4. Many non-profits are not familiar with (c)4. A 501(c)4 can lobby, campaign, and otherwise participate in elections so long as the activities are in line with the organization's purpose and are not the primary activity for the organization.
There have been accusations made that MoveOn.org "owns" the Democratic Party and George Soros owns MoveOn.org. One should never make assumptions but since the organization has been "labeled", Rebuild the Dream Innovation Fund is sponsoring this class.
Grassroots organizations shoot up fast. If there is a cause a 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 will sprout up. There is justification that grassroot movements work. You can find success story after success story after success story.
Foundations such as George Soros' Open Society Foundation and Open Society Institute provide grants of all kinds. You can look at the foundation's grants and you will see Kansas Libraries on a very long list.
You will also find the Koch Brothers foundation.
We will discuss both organizations during the teach-in.
In the late 90's and early 2000's my consulting region was Baltimore through Washington, DC. I picked OSI - Baltimore as a good working model for this class.
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